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Harrison County schools have followed suit with several other school districts around the state and have canceled classes on Aug. 21, the day of the solar eclipse.
I don’t have an issue with our local district taking that action, but I don’t like its reasoning.
In its official press release, the school district said, “Student safety was the deciding factor in closing school for this event, since NASA and other scientific experts warn of possible eye damage if the sun is viewed improperly during the eclipse.”

In less than two weeks, downtown Cynthiana will be transformed into a massive parking lot for some of the most beautiful and outrageous automobiles.
The Cynthiana Rod Run was the brain child of local car enthusiast Jerry Adams. Adams said a few years ago at a Cynthiana City Commission that he loved Cynthiana and wanted to do this for the community.
It has to be so.
There is so much work behind the scenes to put on something of this class and size.

All letters to the editor must be confirmed before they make it to print.
This means that someone from the Cynthiana Democrat must call the person who submits the letter and verify that they in fact did send that letter.
On Monday, my office mate Robin Smiley, smiled and gave me a letter to confirm.
Nothing out of the ordinary here, except for that grin on Robin’s face.
The job of confirming these letters usually falls to me. I don’t mind. It’s a quick and painless process.

The last concert in the Cynthiana Summer Concert Series is Aug. 11 at 8 p.m. featuring the Baja Yetis.
The Baja Yetis is a new/old funky/jazzy jam band steeped in a gumbo of New Orleans Jazz, funk, rock, soul and more. They always put on a great show and we can’t wait for them to come to Cynthiana!